TROY >> Police responded to a call about an unwanted guest Wednesday afternoon, where a newly sworn in police officer broke his hand after a struggle with the subject, who stole a taser, said spokesman Captain John Cooney.

A Lansingburgh resident called police at 4:10 p.m. complaining that a friend, Lester Turner, Jr., who was staying with the caller, began acting strangely. The caller found bottles of pills on the floor and table and asked Turner to leave.

The resident called again at 4:45 p.m. when the door “exploded open.” Turner broke the door, which the resident said cost $100, entered the residence and lay on the couch. Police responded and attempted to arrest the subject, but he resisted.

In a statement, the resident said the subject and officers fell into her TV and fan during the struggle. One officer used a taser on Turner, but it was ineffective because the subject grabbed the wires.

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“I saw him grab that taser gun from one of the officer’s belts. The other cop took out his stick and started hitting Lester in the legs and the other cop got his taser from him,” the statement read.

The resident then said she saw an officer shoot Turner in the back with the taser gun, and Turner eventually gave up.

During the struggle, Officer Michael Gordon broke his hand, although Cooney did not specify how. Gordon, who was sworn into the department Feb. 14 and has previously worked for Hoosick Falls, Mechanicville and Cambridge-Greenwich police departments, was still completing a six-week field training process. Officer Chad Klein suffered an injury to the ankle. Both were treated at Samaritan Hospital. Gordon is temporarily off duty for his injuries.

Other officers assisted in the situation.

Turner suffered facial scrapes, a bloody nose and injuries to the right leg, said Cooney.